overambitious

Speech parts

1. overambitious - Adjective

2. overambitious - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

excessively ambitious

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Synonyms

grand vaulting flowery oratorical affected BIG artificial elaborate ambitious heroic confident furious conspicuous ornate extravagant
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Antonyms

coy bashful modest crushed depressed deprived
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Related terms

overambition

Examples

There has been much debate as to whether Senna was overambitious in his overtaking manoeuver, whether Prost intentionally ran into Senna, or whether the collision was simply a racing incident between two team-mates who were embittered with each other. Source: Internet

Pollard (2007), p. 66. The nineteen-year-old George had shown himself to share many of the abilities of his older brother, but was also jealous and overambitious. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

overalls overally overambition overambitiously overambitiousness overamp